Birth and death of the Late Cretaceous 'La Luna Sea', and origin of the Tres Esquinas phosphorites

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 21-45

  Erlich, R N ^a   MacSotay I , O ^b   Nederbragt, A J ^c   Antonieta Lorente, M ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Ave Atlantico 155 61B Edo C ^*  (Venezuela)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

La Luna Formation; Maracaibo Basin; Organic carbon; Paleo oceanography; Phosphate rocks; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORITE;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033943743     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(00)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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